Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar (27 April 1911 - 15 July 1985) was a Ceylonese (

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n) lawyer, politician and philanthropist. He was a former Member of parliament and a deputy mayor of Colombo. Born to

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Mohamed Macan Markar Sir Hadji Mohamed Macan Markar (7 September 1877 – 10 May 1952) was a prominent Ceylonese colonial era legislator and businessmen. He was Minister of Home Affairs of the State Council, member of the Legislative Council and a Senator. Markar ...

, he was educated at the

Royal College Colombo Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janua ...

, he gained a

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and an

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from the

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and qualified as a

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. Moving into politics in Macan Markar, entered the

Colombo Municipal Council The Colombo Municipal Council is the municipal governing body of Colombo, the largest city and financial centre in Sri Lanka. It consists of a directly elected executive Mayor of Colombo, current elect is Rosy Senanayake, and 119 elected 119 muni ...

where he was a member for 20 years where he served as the deputy mayor. Later he was elected to parliament from the

Kalkudah Kalkudah or Kalkuda (Pronounced Kal-Kuda, Tamil translation rock-bay) is a coastal resort town located about 35 kilometers northwest of Batticaloa, Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. It used to be a popular tourist destination, however due to 200 ...

and later

Batticaloa Batticaloa ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu''; si, මඩකලපුව, ''Maḍakalapuwa'') is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the B ...

seats. A founding member of the Saracen Sports Club and founding board member of the Muslim Ladies College he was the co-founder and the honorary joint secretary and treasurer of the Moors' Islamic Cultural Home (Inc.) from its inception and the vice president of the All Ceylon Moors' Association. He was the younger brother of

Muhammad Ajward Macan Markar Muhammad Ajward Macan Markar, FRCP is a Sri Lankan physician, academic. He was the first Professor of Medicine at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. Born to Sir Mohamed Macan Markar, he was educated at Royal College Colombo, where he played c ...

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Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar (AH): his life was exemplary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Macan Markar, Ahmed Hussain 1911 births 1985 deaths Sri Lankan Muslims 20th-century Sri Lankan lawyers Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Alumni of the University of Cambridge Members of the 1st State Council of Ceylon Members of the 4th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon

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